This year’s Festival of Quilts was an inspiring and fun event. Irish quilters could be found all around, perhaps more there than in Ireland itself! I put three pieces in this year, and they were all related. I started with the Irish chain, which I…
I’ve played many different instruments over the years in lots of different styles, but lately I’ve found myself back at my “roots” – classical piano. I’ve been studying for a level 8 piano exam that would allow me to officially teach piano. I am learning…
I have 3 quilts currently on exhibition at the River of Dreams Quilt show. They are based on the 7 colors of the rainbow. I made a stack of half square triangles per color which I used as the building blocks for all of these…
I’ve entered two pieces into the Birmingham Quilt Show inspired by the Big Hoot art exhibition that took place last summer in Birmingham. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, so I’m just going to tell you the back story and show some samples that…
Paula Rafferty started an extremely ambitious project to do a set of 3 Dear Jane quilts on January 1 this year, what a way to start 2016! Paula asked for volunteers to sew the individual blocks, then sent fabric and block designs to quilters all…
Yes it is nearly May but I’ve just now finished my Christmas Bee Blocks. It’s fine, they are for me to make into a quilt since I was “Queen Bee” in December! No apology necessary. What I decided to do for my month is send…
All five of my quilts are done and just about ready for delivery. I’ve learned a lot making these quilts, and I’m very pleased to have meaningful gifts to give to my family and friends. Each quilt has a matching cushion. I’ve found that it…
I have finished all 5 quilt tops for my upcoming trip – hooray! Now I have just a few short weeks to quilt and finish them. I would like to be further along in this but of course life gets in the way. Hopefully I…
I made this small quilt on a whim. I wasn’t planning to make it, but I found a pattern using Quarter Square Triangles and had so much fun that I just kept going! I loved how pinwheels popped up unexpectedly. Since the original pattern used…
I will be traveling in March and I challenged myself to make 5 quilts to take on the journey to give to friends and family. Needless to say it is nearly February and I have one quilt top made, and zero quilts actually finished! But…